US 12,348,855 B2
Providing draggable shutter button during video recording
Laurent Desserrey, Los Angeles, CA (US); Ranidu Lankage, Belmont, CA (US); Jane Meng, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Evan Spiegel, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/326,789.
Prior Publication US 2024/0406539 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/632 (2023.01) [H04N 5/77 (2013.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a processor, and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to perform operations comprising:
displaying a user interface within an application running on the device, the user interface presenting real-time image data captured by a camera of the device, the user interface including a shutter button which is configured to be selectable by a user to initiate video recording in response to a first user gesture; and
upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button,
initiating video recording with respect to the real-time image data, and
providing for the shutter button to be draggable in predefined directions to perform respective functions related to the video recording,
wherein the predefined directions include a first direction to zoom in on the real-time image data and a second direction to zoom out from the real-time image data.